On June 30, the AYLUS Columbus Branch donated 100 completed goody bags that consisted of DIY cloth masks, WHO-recommended handrubs, COVID-19 informational pamphlets，and COVID-19 word search to KIDSmile, a local non-profit pediatric dental clinic. Volunteers Rachel Zhu, Christina Jin, Angelika-Lili Susanto, Eileen Liang, Andrew Xia, Patrick Wang, Erica Shen, June Ni, Brenna Li, and Aidan Li made the required clothmasks. The COVID-19 pamphlets were designed by Andrea Yu and folded by Emma Yu and Catherine Harman, with the accompanying word search designed by Brenna Li. The handrub labels were designed and printed by Dustin He. Everything was packaged and labeled by Brenna Li and Aidan Li, with the help of Kevin Wang. Many thanks to the Chinese-American Community (CCC) and Karen Dalton Budde for donating some of the fabric for the DIY masks, Sunny Nie at Sunny’s Alterations for her instruction on how to cut fabric, and Kevin Wang for lending the apparatus needed to create the handrub.
KidSMILE representative Julie later followed up with appreciations, and said that “the goody bags went over big at the clinic.”,and “Many parents commented that they are not able to find kid-sized masks.”, and they were “impressed with the quality” of the goody bags, and it was “very uplifting in the clinic”, since these goody bags made them feel that “There are many good people in this world!”
Reported by Aidan Li
